The adult son of Christian radio host and comedian Rickey Smiley has died, Smiley announced in a social media video.
“I hate to announce this, but I just want to give it to you before you hear it in the streets,” Smiley shared. “My son Brandon Smiley has passed away this morning.”
Smiley recorded the video while he waited for a car to take him to an airport to fly to Birmingham, Alabama.
Smiley did not go into detail about how his son died but asked for prayers for his family.
“I just want all my cousins and different family members to pray, be strong, and I’m OK,” Smiley said. “Pray for my son’s mother and my son’s siblings, everybody that was raised with Brandon.”
Smiley told viewers that after his own father died, his grandparents had to bury their son.
“Life comes with a whole bunch of twists and turns,” he added. “Now I see what my granddaddy went…
